I think she was put up to it by my mother, but perhaps not. She had some major back surgery- and although she has been extremely critical of me fading from the witnesses, I called her and left a message the other day to say my wife and I were thinking of her and wished her a speedy recovery. She was pleasant, authentic, and genuinely happy that I was showing concern for her ! Shocking to believe this was the same sister who damned me to hell 2 years ago saying I was breaking my parents hearts and hurting them by having stopped going to meetings 5 years ago !
So what's changed in her life ? It's called - adversity and dealing with her husband's aged parents. Not only has her lower back been bad and needed operating , but her wrists had arthritis and needed an operation a couple years ago. My sister has always regular pioneered , had the martyr's syndrome, and generally looked down on anybody not totally committed to the WT society with the spiritual foot on the accelerator so to speak. She said her elder husbands 2 inactive sisters were helping her and hubby take care of her husbands aging father . I took the opportunity to commend that and said, " It sure is good that your husband's sisters are helping you and hubby out to watch his dad ! " She came back and said, " Yeah, my husbands sisters make a good team with us to watch his dad ! " I about dropped the phone !
So what do you think ? Could it be as time goes on - due to stresses, some of these witnesses are being forced to deal with the realities of life and be more real and authentic to cope ? Have you found similar experiences ? Look forward to hearing from you